School district that blocked Obama speech sending students on George W. Bush field trip

While thousands of brave patriotic parents stopped President Obama from pulling a Halloween III on America’s school children, one Arlington school district is willing to let President Bush feast on the brains of America’s younglings.

That’s right, 500 students from Arlington, TX are being forced to sit through a W. speech on September 21 and clap politely. This is after their school district used the V-Chip to block President Obama’s Tuesday speech on how to be a better Socialist Muslim Czarist, which is really going to put those kids at a disadvantage next year when Ramadan comes around and they don’t even know that you HAVE TO FACE MECCA WHEN YOU PRAY:

Arlington chose not to show students Obama’s live address, explaining that they didn’t want to interrupt previous planned lessons. They said they’d make it available on their Website for teachers to incorporate where it was appropriate later on.

District spokeswoman Veronica Sopher said there is a difference between the two events.

“The distinction is it’s a field trip that parents have to grant permission for students to attend,” she said of the upcoming stadium visit. “With parental permission the selected classes will attend a filed trip at the Cowboys Stadium where they will hear from several different speakers.”

via Extra Credit: Arlington schools issues statement on Bush appearance.

This is actually progress for our most recent former president. A Newsweek report in May about Bush’s post-presidential life showed that he was having a tough time getting America’s young people, including in Texas, to listen to him:

Patrick Bibb, a 19-year-old from Dallas, glanced at his cell phone. He was in the middle of his economics class at Texas Christian University on a February morning. His caller ID read withheld. He decided not to answer. When class ended, he checked his messages and found that George W. Bush had been trying to reach him.

The sophomore listened to the voice mail. He heard the former president of the United States thank him at least four times. Bush was happy that the teenager had been selling welcome home george & laura signs for $20 to people all over Bush’s neighborhood in Texas. “I hope this message is sufficient” to show appreciation, Bibb heard Bush say. Bibb dutifully listened, hung up and went to his other classes.

Bibb, a budding entrepreneur, had decided to make and sell the signs after he learned that the former president would be moving close to his parents’ house. The placards went up all around the exclusive Preston Hollow neighborhood in North Dallas, which is studded with homes worth $5 million to $20 million. Bibb used some of the profits to pay his tuition and decided to donate the rest to a nearby elementary school.

He settled into accounting class. His phone rang again. Bibb decided to pick up. “Excuse me, I need to go to talk to the president,” Bibb wisecracked to a pal as he left the room. It was Bush again.

He began thanking Bibb, repeatedly, for making the signs. Bibb listened patiently. He didn’t mean to be rude, but he finally said: “I’m really sorry, Mr. President. I’m in the middle of class.” He needed to get off the phone. Bush replied: “No problem, that’s where you’re supposed to be.”

So, now in addition to Bible studies, Phyllis Schlafly studies, and creationism studies, Texas youngsters are getting a regimen of Bush studies. Hey Economist: are you sure you want to stick with your theory that America’s bright trailblazing future starts in Texas?

[HT: DC Whip]